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Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. It explores the question: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases.

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Landis MacKellar's account is taut, gripping, lucid, as relentless as any thriller. It is definitive, the last word on the subject." - Luc Sante, author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts

"MacKellar has produced not only the definitive account of one of the classic murder cases of the twentieth century but a genuine page-turner. Utterly gripping from page one, this exhaustively researched true-crime narrative has the lean style, headlong pace, and mounting suspense of a noir thriller. MacKellar has done a masterful job." - Harold Schechter, author of Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment

Double Indemnity Murder Ruth Snyder Judd Gray

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      Publisher: Syracuse University Press
      Publication Date: 30/10/2006
      ISBN13: 9780815608240, 978-0815608240
      ISBN10: 0815608241

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. It explores the question: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases.

      Trade Review
      Landis MacKellar's account is taut, gripping, lucid, as relentless as any thriller. It is definitive, the last word on the subject." - Luc Sante, author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts

      "MacKellar has produced not only the definitive account of one of the classic murder cases of the twentieth century but a genuine page-turner. Utterly gripping from page one, this exhaustively researched true-crime narrative has the lean style, headlong pace, and mounting suspense of a noir thriller. MacKellar has done a masterful job." - Harold Schechter, author of Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment

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